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Baseball drops 4-3 decision to Kansas
03.21.2009 | Baseball
March 21, 2009
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LAWRENCE, Kan. -- The No. 1 Texas Longhorns, who entered their weekend series with a 5-0 record in games decided by one run, fell to the Kansas Jayhawks by a one-run margin for the second consecutive game. Texas dropped a 4-3 decision to Kansas at Hoglund Ballpark on Saturday.
Kansas (12-7, 2-0 Big 12) drew first blood in the bottom of the third inning. With one out, David Narodowski reached on an infield single, stole second base and scored when Brian Heere bounced a hit between the first baseman and second baseman and first baseman Brandon Belt's throw, to Travis Tucker who was running to first base, went awry.
Texas (14-5, 2-3 Big 12) responded with three runs in the top of the sixth inning to take their first lead of the game. With one out, Belt walked and Russell Moldenhauer singled down the rightfield line to put runners at the corners. Kevin Keyes followed by putting a first-pitch offering over the leftfield fence to stake the Horns to a 3-1 lead. It was Keyes second consecutive game with a home run after entering the series on a drought.
The Jayhawks bounced back for a pair of runs in the bottom half of the sixth. Buck Afenir walked and Tony Thompson singled off Texas starter Brandon Workman. Taylor Jungmann came out of the bullpen to relieve Workman and allowed an equalizing single up the middle by Jimmy Waters, knotting the game at 3-3.
Kansas scored the game-winning run in the seventh. Narodowski hit a leadoff single and Heere pushed him to second with a sacrifice bunt. Austin Wood relieved Jungmann on the mound, but gave up an RBI single by Robby Price for the decisive run.
Workman pitched 5.0 innings, allowing three hits on six hits and two walks while striking out six. Jungmann (3-1) was saddled with the loss, allowing the game-winning run on two hits while striking out one over 1.1 innings. Wood closed out the game with 1.2 scoreless innings, allowing two hits while striking out one.
Kansas starter T.J. Walz allowed three runs on three hits and three walks while striking out three over 5.1 innings. Travis Blankenship (2-0) picked up the win retiring the only batter he faced. Paul Smyth earned his fifth save of the season.
Texas had seven different batters account for its seven hits. Keyes drove in all three Texas runs.
Narodowski and Preston Land each had two hits for the Jayhawks. Narodowski led Kansas with two hits and Jimmy Waters had two of the Jayhawks' three RBI.
The two squads wrap up the series with a 1 p.m. game on Sunday.
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